Ed Wright is a Sydney based writer, whose poetry, fiction and non-fiction have been widely published. In 2002 Vagabond Press published a chapbook of his poems titled 'The Empty Room'. Between 2001 and 2004, he was a lecturer in American Literature at Tottori University in Japan.

He has also taught literature at thre University of Sydney, where he got his Ph.D in 2000. Currently he is a frequent book reviewer for the Sydney Morning Herald and Australian newspapers and a cultural commentator on 2SER-FM. He is working on both non-fiction books and a novel and when not doing this plays harmonica and lead vocals in country blues duo,

Listen to Ed read his poem featured in the 2006 Toilet Door Poetry project.

Ed Wright reads Hanami at the 2006 Toilet Doors Project Launch

      Listen to an interview with Ed Wright about the Red Room Remains- Sustainable                  Sydney project and hear him read the poem.

       The future is a flying box -

       Where money's made of sand - and rocks -

       Talking buildings and more trees

       Will help the city's busy bees

       Get more playtime from their clocks.

       Ed Wright & Ultimo Public School